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Cut my finger - ouch

RegrettableRegrettable Registered User regular
edited September 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
I was just cutting up some pepperoni and managed to nearly slice off a decent-sized chunk of skin off the end off my index finger right next to my nail. It's not particularly deep and wasn't bleeding very heavily so nothing that requires dramatic medical attention or anything but I just wanted to know what the best course of action would be to ensure swift healing and no infection.
There was very little blood flow when it first happened - I think it was mostly just dead skin and it's still hanging on by a sliver, I didn't wash it straight away because I didn't want to accelerate bleeding, so I've just put a couple of band-aids on for now and was wondering what I should do from here.

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  • AridholAridhol Daddliest Catch Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Wash it, put on polysporin and bandage it. Don't put the bandage on too tight, allow the cut to breathe.

    Put on polysporin.
    Buy polysporin.
    POLYSPORIN (I'm not kidding)

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    uh, wash, disinfect, put on a bandaid (adhesive medical strip!)

    have you never cut yourself before?

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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Raneados wrote: »
    have you never cut yourself before?

    I know what you meant but this still made me chuckle.

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  • RegrettableRegrettable Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Not in quite a long time. I kinda figured that was the procedure and have now done all that except the disinfectant bit (don't have any) but I just figured there might be something special I was forgetting/didn't know.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Get your mother to kiss it better.

    Letting it heal without a bandaid is better if you can pull it off without getting gunk in it (ie it is dry) if not wrap the sucker up.

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  • AridholAridhol Daddliest Catch Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    I used to be the guy who was like "whatever, it's just a cut, tape it up, bandage it" until I got a massive gash in my forearm while working in my grandma's garden. She put some gunk (later I found out polysporin) on it and a a 9 inch 2mm deep gash healed almost completely in 4 days.

    Clean it, gunk it, forget about scars.

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  • EverywhereasignEverywhereasign Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Mild soap and warm water is excellent for cleaning. Polysporin does seem to speed the healing process IMHO.

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  • SerpentSerpent Sometimes Vancouver, BC, sometimes Brisbane, QLDRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    don't buy polysporin.

    the best thing you can throw on a cut for washing purposes is PH neutral to your body water. the 2nd best thing you can throw on a cut is water that is safe to drink.

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  • muninnmuninn Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    its probably too late, but its best to squeeze some blood out of the wound if it doesnt bleed on itself.

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